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電報 (でんぽう, denpou) Japanese meaning: telegram | Kotomora

電でん報ぽう

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Meanings

1

Refers to the now mostly historical service of sending written messages via telegraph. Still understood, but rarely used in daily life.

昔むかしは、急いそぎの知しらせを電でん報ぽうで送おくったものだ

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In the old days, people used to send urgent news by telegram.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉〉に電報でんぽうを送おくるto send a telegram to someone
結けっ婚こん式しきに電でん報ぽうを送おくった。
I sent a telegram for the wedding.
電報でんぽうが届とどくfor a telegram to arrive
祖そ父ふから電でん報ぽうが届とどいた。
A telegram arrived from my grandfather.

Expressions

電でん報ぽうを打うつsend a telegram

Kanji

電electricity
報report, news, reward

Related words

電でん信しん
電報 refers to the actual telegram message that is sent, while 電信 covers the broader technology or act of telegraphic communication.
祝しゅく電でんN1
電報 is the general word for a telegram of any kind, while 祝電 refers specifically to one sent to celebrate an occasion like a wedding.
テレックスN1
電報 is a single telegram message, whereas テレックス refers to the switched network (and its messages) used for direct typed communication.
外がい電でん
電報 is the general word for any telegram, whereas 外電 specifically means a telegram or news dispatch sent from a foreign country.

Don't confuse with

電でん信しん
電信 refers to the telegraph technology or system itself, while 電報 is the actual message sent through that system.
テレグラフ
電報 refers to the telegram message itself, while テレグラフ refers to the telegraph device or system used to send it.

Counted with

通つうN1
expert; connoisseur; person in the know · counter for messages and documents · worldly understanding; tact; insight · supernatural powers; magical powers

Word family

電でん報ぽう局きょく
telegraph office
電でん報ぽう料りょう
telegram charge
至し急きゅう電でん報ぽう
urgent telegram
電でん報ぽう為替がわせ
telegraphic remittance; telegraphic transfer

Etymology

Compound of 電 (electric) and 報 (report, news), literally 'electric report'. A straightforward kanji compound coined for the telegraph era.

電でん話わ電でん報ぽう

telephone telegram; phonogram